proraptor Posted October 10, 2005 Share Posted October 10, 2005 I started off with a 5 gallon minibow, then a 12 gallon via Aqua, and now I have a custom 60 cube! This is my first stab at larger reef tanks and Ill use this thread to diary my progress. Here is a little about my tank: Tank: custom Visio 60 gallon cube, center overflow with 1.5 inch drain, 1 ¾ inch return that splits to 2 ¾ inch returns (on side of overflow). Black silicone. Lights: 1 250 watt HQI Aqua Medic Ocean light Metal Halide with a XM 15K bulb. 2 65 watt PC’s 8800K retrofit. Sump: 24”x 12” x 16” acrylic with filter sock and baffles/sponge Protein skimmer: Life reef VS 24” with a Mag drive 9.5 Return Pump: Panworld 50PX-X 1110 GPH (very quiet and runs super cold! Awesome pump!) Refugium: Ecosystem 24” x 8.5” x 8.5” acrylic. Live rock rubble, live sand, Chaeto Macro Algae, Current USA 12” 2 Sunpaq 18 watt PC’s. Stand/Hood: DIY Oak Live rock: 100-120 lbs of fully cured live rock Live Sand: 10 pounds live sand, 35 lbs oolite Corals: -Blue Xenia - Red Sea Xenia -Pom Pom Xenia - Acan Lord Frag -Red/Purple Fuzzy Mushrooms -Neon Green long tentacled Frogspawn with purple tips - Green with Brown spot mushrooms - purple center neon green skirt zoas - neon green skirt baby blue zoas -brown skirt purple center zoas - brown skirt tan center zoas - purple mushrooms with red dots - brick red digi - brick red fungia plate - Rainbow Yumas - Anthelia - Singularia - Green with red ring Favia Colony Fish: - baby Percula clownfish - 4 Line Wrasse - Lawnmower Blenny Shrimp: - Cleaner Shrimp - 3 Peppermint Shrimp Crab: - Porcelin Crab - Eriphia Sebana (in refugium) - 12 Scarlet Hermit Crabs - Zebra Hermit Crab (in refugium) Snails: - 7 Turbo Snails - 4 Large Nassarius snails (white/tan shell) - 3 small Nassarius snails (black shell) PICTURES WILL BE UP TONIGHT WHEN I GET HOME FROM WORK Link to comment
proraptor Posted October 10, 2005 Author Share Posted October 10, 2005 Plumbing: Inside the o-flow I have a 1.5 inch DIY durso standpipe. 1.5 inch drain splits off into two 1 inch lines. One line goes to the refugium and one line goes to the sump, both have ball valves to control flow. The refugium sits on a shelf in the stand above and behind the sump. The refugium returns into the sump return water section with a ball valve and union. Then you get an immediate 90 to a ball valve, then union then to the return pump. The return pump then pushes the water through a union, check valve, and barb to ¾” vinyl tubing to the return bulkhead. Then back in the overflow I have a barb to an immediate “Y” to 2 barbed 90’s through bulkheads on the side of the overflow to locline back into the tank.. Im soon going to add a “Y” in the loc line so I can direct the water to where I want it to go more. Link to comment
mikedege Posted October 10, 2005 Share Posted October 10, 2005 Sounds nice, i really like your choice of pump/sump! -Mike Link to comment
proraptor Posted October 10, 2005 Author Share Posted October 10, 2005 Ill have pics up tonight Mike....The sump and pump are working perfect, Thanks for the awesome deal! Feel free to come over and take a look at the tank anytime.. Link to comment
calvin415 Posted October 10, 2005 Share Posted October 10, 2005 Sounds sweet! Can't wait for the pics! Link to comment
proraptor Posted October 11, 2005 Author Share Posted October 11, 2005 Here are some pics: FTS Right side Left side Lights/hood Sump/Refugium Some of my favorite zoas Link to comment
proraptor Posted October 11, 2005 Author Share Posted October 11, 2005 is that visio made by clear for life? i assume it's glass and if so where did you purchase it? thanks... I just know its made by visio, Yes it is glass and I purchased it from www.reefcollection.com Link to comment
Sebea Posted October 11, 2005 Share Posted October 11, 2005 Looks awesome so far! I'll be following along! Link to comment
proraptor Posted October 11, 2005 Author Share Posted October 11, 2005 Thanks for the kind words...Ill be updating everytime I get something new or change something... Link to comment
BelowH2O Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 That custom tank came out really nice, I like how you set-up the hood as well. Bet your enjoying all the extra room. Link to comment
proraptor Posted October 12, 2005 Author Share Posted October 12, 2005 Yeah I am really enjoying all the room I have now...Cant wait to get some nice colonies in there. Im still waiting for my buddy to make me my reflectors for the 2 65 watt PC's...I should have them soon Link to comment
reefin300 Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 looking good so far pro, can't wait to see what you've got planned for it!!!!! Big things Big things! Link to comment
proraptor Posted October 12, 2005 Author Share Posted October 12, 2005 Yes Im going to only buy nice colonies for this tank...Time to save up some money! Link to comment
proraptor Posted October 13, 2005 Author Share Posted October 13, 2005 My Cleaner shrimp cleaning my Lawnmower blenny...so freaking cool! Some cool zoanthids Cool mushroom Green with red ring favia 1 of 7 rainbow yumas Fungia Plate Long Tentacle Frogspawn Link to comment
steelhealr Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 Very nice....60 gallons...that seems like an ocean to me now. Lol. Great work. SH Link to comment
proraptor Posted October 13, 2005 Author Share Posted October 13, 2005 Yeah it seems huge...Its so nice having all the extra room though...Im loving it Link to comment
reefin300 Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 there's plenty room on the sand bed... ::cough:: Link to comment
proraptor Posted October 13, 2005 Author Share Posted October 13, 2005 LOL...looks like my sandbed needs some nice rics huh? Link to comment
proraptor Posted October 13, 2005 Author Share Posted October 13, 2005 What do you mean adin? Link to comment
supernip Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 I think what adin means is your rock work looks like a giant pile. Theres no real definition or distinguishing points. It's too balanced Link to comment
proraptor Posted October 14, 2005 Author Share Posted October 14, 2005 I think it looks awesome... Link to comment
gfox Posted October 16, 2005 Share Posted October 16, 2005 and in the end... that's all that counts. cuz we look at your tank on a computer screen for 5 min, but you look at it and enjoy it in 3D for hours. Link to comment
proraptor Posted October 17, 2005 Author Share Posted October 17, 2005 I bought a Firefish yesterday Ill try and snap some pics of him tonight Link to comment
Babycakes Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 your tank is huge! i've been thinking of getting a cube myself, except 20x20x20 great rockwork!IMO, you can probably stack some more rocks in there that way your sps will be closer to the light, i say stack em up high till it's like 4" from the top! you got a lotta room more fish! man if i had a 60 i'd be swimming in tang heaven, lol Link to comment
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